Wireless local area networks have emerged as one of today's driving technologies, delivering high data rates on unlicensed spectrum. This article provides an overview of a new signaling system for high-bit-rate wireless LAN, made possible by a novel class of signaling pulses. Called OWSS pulses, they are generated through a combination of orthogonal wavelength-division multiplexing and spread-spec...
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We explore the financial impact of new capacity-enhancing technologies involving the physical layer, in particular intelligent antennas and multiple input multiple output techniques. Using annual capital expenditure as an indicator of value to the operator, our results show that with aggressive data growth, capacity-enhancing technologies are key in securing the financial viability of the operator...
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Advances in network architecture, enhancements in signaling protocols, provisioning of end-to-end QoS, worldwide seamless mobility, and flexible service provision are among the major research challenges toward next-generation wireless networks. The integration and interoperability of all these technologies, along with new truly broadband wireless innovations and intelligent user-oriented services ...
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Internet telephony is viewed as an emerging technology not only for wireline networks, but also for third-generation wireless networks. Although IP end to end is considered the ultimate approach to future wireless voice services, there is still a long way to go before IP voice packets can be effectively transported over the air. Therefore, Internet telephony and today's circuit-switched wireless n...
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The strong research, standardization, and development activity currently focusing on the enabling technologies for the transition to a new generation of mobile networks represent a great opportunity to accomplish the goal of IP multimedia service provisioning to mobile users. This will contribute to the migration toward an all-IP platform with guaranteed end-to-end QoS provisioning, and will defin...
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This article discusses an evolutionary TDD mode of CDMA-based path for 3.5G/4G systems. This technology has already been the basis of two 3G standards: TD-CDMA and TD-SCDMA with a synchronous uplink. Several techniques have been developed that allow TDD-CDMA-based systems to transmit at rates usually associated with 3.5G to 4G, up to 10-20 Mbit/s with wide area coverage. The present TDD-CDMA-based...
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This article adopts the assumption that different wireless access technologies (e.g., UMTS, HIPERLAN2, and DVB-T) can be cooperating components of a composite radio infrastructure. The coordinated management of services and network in this heterogeneous context is a complex task. This article presents a service and network resource management platform for wireless systems that operate in a composi...
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The long-term vision of beyond 3G wireless communications describes a mobile service provision environment dramatically different from that of today. Users are expected to raise their demands to a significantly higher level, towards the situation-aware provision of ubiquitous personalized multimedia services. From this perspective, the need is emerging to apply, in a systematic way, adaptability a...
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